As Pam Barnes writes in the Huffington Post, 'Sometimes sex is about love, sometimes it's about planning for a future, sometimes it's about enjoying your partner, and sometimes it's about all of the above. Yet not every woman wants to be a mother right now, or perhaps at all -- and access to contraception provides a woman with the freedom to enjoy sex while making the reproductive health decisions that are right for her at every phase of her life.' Learn more via Huffington Post.

By Pamela Barnes, President & CEO, EngenderHealth

The latest disturbing news coming from Chhattisgarh, India, reminds us that despite being 20 years post-ICPD, we global health professionals have more to do to ensure reproductive rights, choice, and quality of care. And as the story goes—as it has too many times before—the devastating consequences are borne by mostly poor, rural women. It’s unconscionable. Read more.

EngenderHealth is featured in Glamour’s December issue in their annual “31 Days of Giving” (hyperlink here) charity roundup, currently on newsstands. Day 30 encourages readers to donate $50 to EngenderHealth to help educate women in India and Uganda about family planning and prenatal care. Learn more via Glamour.